LEARNING LOG WEEK 16

MATH:  I added one more.  I practiced flashcards with adding numbers.  I also counted by 10s and wrote the days of the week.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read to my mom.  I did spelling.  I did handwriting and drew a picture of leaves.

SCIENCE: I learned about the moon.  I got a ball and a flashlight and we turned the ball around and we figured it out that the other part stays dark.  Sometimes the moon looks big, and sometimes the moon is in the shadow and sometimes its fully gone because clouds are in the way.

ENGINEERING:  I built lots of new things.  I built a cool rocket ship.

SWIMMING:  I back floated in swimming class and I front floated.  The back float is called a sea star.  I also swam using my arms.  That's called dive swim.  My little brother went swimming with me.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 15

MATH:  I practiced writing numbers.  I also added groups together.  I counted by 10s.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I wrote in my school journal and drew pictures.  I read books to my mom.  One was about gum and how everyone tried different things to get it out of the carpet.  I did spelling and handwriting.

SCIENCE:  I'm learning about space.  The sun is in the middle of the solar system.  Earth goes around the sun in an orbit.  I'm making a book about the planets.

ENGINEERING:  I'm making new things.  I made a house with windows and a door and also a car.

SWIMMING:  I'm learning how to jump in the water and go to my teacher.  I'm also practicing gliding and kicking my feet.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 14

MATH:  For math I wrote numbers in the 30s.  I also practiced counting.  I did shapes too.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I made words with my letter tiles.  I good at that.  I did spelling words.  I read a book called "Run, Bug, Run."  I also read a book about a dog.

SCIENCE:  The sun is in the middle of our solar system called the Milky Way.  I also went to the zoo.  I saw zebras, giraffes, an elephant, sea lions, and a polar bear swimming around and playing with a toy.  I saw lions and tigers and monkeys.  The monkeys were so small.

ENGINEERING: I built some new things.  I like building and using my imagination.

KARATE:  I got my white and yellow belt because I broke a board.  That was in my test.  I also passed all my kicks.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 13

MATH:  I did writing bigger numbers in the 20s and 30s.  I learned about patterns and shapes.  There are patterns in real life like frogs.  They start out as eggs, then they're a tadpole, then they grow legs, then they lose their tail and become a frog.  Then the frog lays eggs and it starts over.  That's called a pattern.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read words and books.  I practiced flashcards.  I played BINGO with sounds of letters.

SCIENCE:  I learned about water.  We made a wheel that spins with water.  That's how you can use water to make electricity if it's hooked up to a generator.  The energy transfers to electricity.

ENGINEERING:  I built new things with my Legos.  Building this is fun.  I like trying out new things.

KARATE:  I had my karate test.  I had to do front kicks, side kicks and break a board.  I had my brother there helping me.  I did great!

LEARNING LOG WEEK 12

MATH: For math I counted in ones and tens again.  I used beans to go in the ones house and when you get to ten you move them to the tens house because only nine can live in the ones house.  I also drew patterns of shapes.

LANGUAGE ARTS: I read from my book.  I wrote a letter to my cousin, Miles.  My mom helped me spell some words.  I also played reading games with my brother.

SCIENCE: I learned about big ice called iceburgs.  We put a big piece of ice in a bowl of water and you could only see the top of the ice.  We also made a big piece of ice with dirt in it and let it slide down to see how glaciers move dirt around.

ENGINEERING: I built with my legos and with magformers.  I like building new things.

KARATE: I went to karate class.  I got to punch the bag and run around the room.  I can do a front stance and a front kick while blocking.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 11

MATH: For math I used beans to put in houses on ones, tens and hundreds.  You can only have 9 beans in one house then you have to move it over to the other house to make 10.  I also wrote numbers and watched math videos to count by 2s.

LANGUAGE ARTS: I read with my mom every day.  I practiced flashcards with words and sounds.  I read my favorite book, "The Bad Rat."  I did handwriting.

SCIENCE: We learned salt water is heavier than fresh water so it sinks to the bottom.  The fresh water floats on top.  I also learned how to clean pennies with vinegar and salt.

I also used a straw to blow wind on the water to make waves.  That's how waves are made on the ocean.

ENGINEERING: I built with my Legos.  I built a car and a house.  I love building things with my brother.

KARATE: I got to use my nun chucks in karate. I also got to run across the room and use my kicks.  When we line up we wait for Mr. Solomon to call our name before we run across the room.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 10

MATH:  I drew triangles and rectangles and circles.  The circles were green, and did you know circles have no beginning or end or sides?  I drew some for fun.  I also wrote lots of numbers.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I made words with my letter tiles.  I also read books with my mom.  I also made a bat with paint.  It was really batty.  I used almost all orange except for a little purple and yellow.

SCIENCE: Bones are the only thing that makes you move.  Without bones you would try to stand up and just fall down.  Did you know we have 206 bones in our bodies?  I think that your skull bone is the biggest.  We made pictures of our hand bones.  When you hang them up on the window they are see-through like an x-ray.

ENGINEERING: I built with my legos.  I love building new things.

KARATE:  Karate was the funnest thing ever, but we didn’t get to use nun-chucks.  Instead we just did punches and kicks.  We did jumping jacks first.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 9

MATH: I wrote numbers and counted.  I practiced counting on the calendar and practiced days of the week. 

LANGUAGE ARTS: I read with my mom, and I read with my dad.  I used letter tiles to make words.

SCIENCE: I learned about water and dirt and sand.  If there's already a lot of water then the dirt can't soak it up so it just runs down the side.  We still have our terrarium, and the plants are getting bigger.

ENGINEERING/LEGOS:  I built a ship and a raft.  I built other fun stuff with my Legos too.

KARATE: I practiced on the punching bag.  I got to do kicks, and I got to use my nun chucks.

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LEARNING LOG WEEK 8

MATH: I've been learning about rectangles and circles.  I've also been writing numbers.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read with Ziggy.  He's my reading buddy.  I read some books with my mom.  My favorite book was "Bad Rat" which is where the rat bites the pig, then the pig bites the cat, then the cat bites Jim.  Then Jim hit the fan.  The fan hit the bad rat.  The rat hid in the tin can.  It was funny, very, very, very, very funny.

SCIENCE:  We painted pictures of when it rains and did you know if the water gets too hot it goes in the air, then the water gets heavy and it goes back down.  My plants are growing bigger in my terrarium and I haven't even watered it.  It just rained down, and it got watered. 

We made play dough.  Then we made islands with water.  The paper was the water so we didn't have to worry about painting it.  Then we know that water happens underground so sometimes when you dig you find water.  Some places it takes a long time, but sometimes it's short.

I went to the museum.  I sat on a dinosaur and my mom took a picture.  I found an awesome star room.  It was really tiny blue lights in a black room.  It looked like you were in space.  We found an awesome playroom that shows you how toys work.  We watched a video about how toys work when you twist something on the toy and it starts going.

ENGINEERING:  I like building with my Legos.  Sometimes my brothers help me and sometimes my mom helps me.

KARATE: I love karate.  I got to use nun-chucks, but we can't hit people with them.  It's just for practice.